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Ron Smith · 09-07-2009, 10:42 AM

The correct magazine would be the early Imperial style crimped white sheet metal, with either a wood bottom (early issue) or aluminum bottom (later issue). The issue magazine for the Army Lugers will have the SN and suffix, the spare would have a + symbol stamped on it. Police magazines will have a 1 or 2 stamped on the base. They used whatever they had available. Holsters were reissued Imperials for the most part.

The Army contract was for approx. 10,000 1921 production Lugers. So, 1921 Army Lugers are not all that common. The magazines were often mix and match. And surplus wood bottom WWI Imperial magazines were often used.

Ron

09-07-2009, 10:42 AM	#14
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	The correct magazine would be the early Imperial style crimped white sheet metal, with either a wood bottom (early issue) or aluminum bottom (later issue). The issue magazine for the Army Lugers will have the SN and suffix, the spare would have a + symbol stamped on it. Police magazines will have a 1 or 2 stamped on the base. They used whatever they had available. Holsters were reissued Imperials for the most part. The Army contract was for approx. 10,000 1921 production Lugers. So, 1921 Army Lugers are not all that common. The magazines were often mix and match. And surplus wood bottom WWI Imperial magazines were often used. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...